When you’re standing next to Dorothy Hamill, as I was in this photo taken last night, it’s natural to be thinking about ice. The reason all of us are here explains the rest of the title. Some people don’t realize that after you’ve had breast cancer, you aren’t cured, you didn’t “beat” cancer. This is […]

20 years after I made a TV documentary about breast cancer, I was diagnosed myself. Having now survived 20 years after my diagnosis, that’s what I mean by 20/20 vision. Breast cancer was way under the radar 40 years ago, even though it killed 40 thousand people every year in the US. No one knew much […]

Long before she died 3 days ago at age 45, Lisa Bonchek Adams wrote about her death. Her post is typical Lisa. Tackling the tough topics. Simple direct words. Strong opinions about how she wants to be remembered. It begins: When I die don’t think you’ve “lost” me. I’ll be right there […]

She never signed up for this….. Barbie Ritzco did sign up to be a Marine, to be on the front lines fighting America’s battles. She did not sign up to be on the front lines fighting breast cancer. Soon after her deployment to Afghanistan in 2011, as she stood in the shower she could feel […]

In a world where Kardashians are the gold standard of celebrity; where Oscar Pistorius, one of the world’s most admired athletes, is tried on murder charges; our world seems sorely in need of heroes. Yet often heroes seem to be in short supply. Who is a hero? The official definition: a person, who is admired […]

It’s worth a thousand words for sure. You can tell a lot just by looking at it. But not everything. Here’s 10 things this picture won’t tell you. 1. She’s had breast cancer . (That one’s a giveaway.) 2. Her name: Barbie Ritzco. Her name always makes me think of a Barbie doll, which is […]